May, 2011 Blog Posts
Posted on May 31, 2011 By Editor
Los Angeles police are searching for an armed robber who held up a liquor store and wounded a clerk Monday morning. The robber entered the store at the corner of Hollywood and Winona boulevards at ...
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Posted on May 31, 2011 By Editor
A schoolteacher has been arrested at a Motel 6 in Camarillo, where the suspect allegedly provided drugs to an undercover deputy. Ashraf Boulos Hindi, a math teacher in the William S. Hart School ...
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Posted on May 31, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Officers in Orange County were kept busy over the Memorial Day weekend, netting 148 DUI arrests. According to Deputy Wayne Howard, saturation patrols and checkpoints were responsible for cleaning up ...
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Posted on May 31, 2011 By Los Angeles DUI Lawyer
As you may know already in Los Angeles if you are driving your vehicle with over.08 percent BAC you will be charged with a DUI. There are other variations also, Driving Under the Influence of Drugs. ...
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Posted on May 31, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
Because of a delayed flight from Los Angeles, Braylon Edwards a wide receiver of the New York Jets, missed his court date. Apparently, Edwards was in Los Angeles to workout with quarterback Mark ...
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Posted on May 31, 2011 By Eric Matheny
This could be dangerous... In California, it is legal for police to search an arrestee's cell phone without a warrant -- ever since a January decision by the California Supreme Court. The 4th ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Memorial Day Weekend is a time for celebration, but it is also a time of increased police activity. In South Florida during Memorial Day Weekend, law enforcement is out looking to make arrests. ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Editor
Ventura County sheriff's deputies arrested three men today on accusations of being under the influence of a controlled substance and possessing methamphetamine. Authorities said arrested in ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Editor
A Los Angeles Police officer convicted of sexually assaulting one young woman and soliciting sex from another while on duty was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in state prison Thursday. Los Angeles Superior ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Phoenix DUI Lawyer
This week, several news outlets stated that Joe Montana's son pleaded guilty to charges of driving under the influence. Joe Montana is a NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and is well-known for his time ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
After learning that their breathalyzers had been producing tainted results, prosecutors from Santa Clara County have set to the arduous task of re-reviewing hundreds of DUI cases. After reviewing ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Attorney Ivan O.B. Morse
While certain theft charges are misdemeanor offenses, other theft crimes are considered felony offenses. A lot of these offenses are called "wobblers," which are crimes where the District Attorney's ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
Jason Rowland, a Dallas police officer, might be fired for a DWI arrest. He was arrested in Denton County, Texas. Rowland was stopped for speeding on March 15, 2011 by a Hickory Creek police officer. ...
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Posted on May 29, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Burglary can be occupied or unoccupied. Occupied burglaries mean that a person is home or inside of the car while a burglary is taking place. While burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and burglary of ...
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Posted on May 29, 2011 By Attorney Ivan O.B. Morse
DMV Hearing: 10 Calendar Days to Request A DMV Hearing: During your DUI arrest, the officer will confiscate your driver’s license and issue you a pink slip. This pink slip is a “Notice of Suspension,” ...
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Posted on May 29, 2011 By Attorney Ivan O.B. Morse
In my humble opinion, and the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, DUI Checkpoints are per se a violation of your rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The only truly qualified ...
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Posted on May 28, 2011 By Attorney Ivan O.B. Morse
Driving while intoxicated represents the single largest category of criminal offenses of all reported cases in the U.S. and is considered the most serious misdemeanor offense. In several states, ...
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Posted on May 28, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Miami Herald reports that the Florida Supreme Court tossed out a kidnapping conviction for a Hialeah man who stole a truck with a 2-year-old sleeping in the back seat. The Court, in a split ...
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Posted on May 28, 2011 By Las Vegas Criminal Defense Lawyer
The same prosecutor who handled the Bruno Mars and Paris Hilton drug cases has himself been charged with conspiracy, felony drug crimes and weapons charges. David Schubert, the former Deputy Clark ...
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Posted on May 27, 2011 By Eric Matheny
More often than not, police officers make marijuana possession arrests on the road. A typical scenario involves an officer pulling you over, detecting a "smell of marijuana," and subsequently ...
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